New Hampshire

New Hampshire: bills from both sides, with enacted laws, hearings, court cases and the legislators who sponsor the bills.

Bills

115 bills: 88 Anti-LGBTQ+, 27 Pro-LGBTQ+. 19 are enacted (10 Anti-LGBTQ+, 9 Pro-LGBTQ+). “Enacted” is the status this tracker records for the bill.

Bills by status
StatusBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Failed836518
Enacted19109
Vetoed880
Pending550

Most recent bills

All 115 bills

Titles, summaries and tags are on each bill's page. The Bills list shows them for the bills of New Hampshire: all, Anti-LGBTQ+ or Pro-LGBTQ+.

Bills by year

Introduced each year

Bills introduced each year in New Hampshire, by sideColumns for each year from 2011 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.0102030402011: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+2012: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+2017: 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2018: 5 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2019: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+, 4 Pro-LGBTQ+2020: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+, 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2021: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+, 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2022: 5 Anti-LGBTQ+2023: 4 Anti-LGBTQ+, 6 Pro-LGBTQ+2024: 24 Anti-LGBTQ+, 7 Pro-LGBTQ+2025: 14 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2026: 25 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+20122014201620182020202220242026Bills introduced each year in New Hampshire, by sideColumns for each year from 2011 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.010203040201120142017202020232026

Enacted, by the year introduced

Enacted bills in New Hampshire by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2011 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.0123452018: 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2019: 3 Pro-LGBTQ+2023: 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2024: 4 Anti-LGBTQ+, 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2025: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+, 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2026: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+20122014201620182020202220242026Enacted bills in New Hampshire by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2011 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.012345201120142017202020232026
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A bill is counted in the year of its session, and an enacted bill in the year it was introduced. A year with no bill in the data has no column.

Show the numbers
Bills introduced and enacted each year
YearIntroducedIntroduced, Anti-LGBTQ+Introduced, Pro-LGBTQ+EnactedEnacted, Anti-LGBTQ+Enacted, Pro-LGBTQ+
202627252330
202516142431
202431247541
20231046202
2022550000
2021431000
2020321000
2019514303
2018752202
2017202000
2012220000
2011330000

Topics and tags

A bill can have more than one topic or tag, so the rows add up to more than the number of bills.

Topics

Bills by topic
TopicBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Identity documents1064
Bathrooms & facilities12120
Sports participation21210
Youth gender-affirming care19163
Adult gender-affirming care101
Medicaid & public funding for care220
Insurance coverage110
Prisons, jails & detention12111
Schools & curriculum1174
DEI & bias training330
Drag & public expression110
Book bans & censorship15141
Pronouns, names & outing110
Marriage, family & custody651
Nondiscrimination protections817
Hate crimes303
Religious exemptions550
Conversion therapy312
Repealing or reversing LGBTQ-related law330
Symbolic resolutions & recognition853
Government process, funding & data321

Tags

The most-used tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Minors14140
End Legal Recognition: WBR11110
Prison Placement Ban11110
Sports Ban11110
Forced Outing: Schools10100
Trans Bathroom Ban990
Sports Ban: Colleges880
Sports Ban: K12880
Sports Ban: SWSA770
Censorship: Book Ban660
End Legal Recognition550
Opt-Out LGBTQ Education550
Show the other 56 tags
The other tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Same-Sex Marriage Ban550
Trans Child Abuse550
Birth Certificate Or Identification404
Censorship: Online Obscenity440
Education Nondiscrimination404
Employment Nondiscrimination303
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Liability Law330
Housing Nondiscrimination303
LGBTQ+ Inclusive Menstrual Rights303
Religious Exemptions: Medical330
Repeal Pro-LGBTQ Laws330
Repeal Pro-LGBTQ Laws: Marriage330
Supportive Resolution303
Censorship: Pride Flag Ban: K12220
Conversion Therapy Ban202
Don't Say Systemic Biases: K12220
Don't Say Trans: K12220
Gender Affirming Care202
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Medicaid220
Gender Affirming Care Ban: SAFE Act220
Hate Crime Classification202
Misgendering: Forced220
Misgendering: Pronoun Ban: K12220
Public Accommodations Nondiscrimination202
Public Investment Restriction: ESG Funds Ban220
Religious Exemptions: RFRA220
Same-Sex Marriage ban: Foreign Marriages220
Sports Ban: Secondary220
Trans Bathroom Ban: K12220
Anti-Censorship: Book Ban Ban101
Birth Certificate or Identification Change Ban110
Broad Discrimination110
Censorship: Age Verification110
Censorship: Drag Ban110
Censorship: Pride Flag Ban110
Child Custody Bill: DACPA110
Civil Unions Ban110
Civil Unions Downgrade110
Conversion Therapy Legalization110
DEI Ban: Colleges110
Don't Say Gay: K12110
End Trans Panic Defense101
Forced Outing110
Forced Outing: Mental Emotional Well-Being110
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Insurance Prohibition110
Gender affirming Care Ban: Medicaid110
Healthcare Nondiscrimination101
Marriage Equality101
Misgendering: Pronoun Ban110
Opt-In LGBTQ Education110
Prisoner Nondiscrimination101
Privacy: Data Protection101
Safe State Bill101
Trans Bathroom Ban: Colleges110
Trans Bathroom Ban: Public Accommodations110
Trans Bathroom Ban: Public Properties110

Hearings

Hearings listed for this jurisdiction, newest first. Each hearing's page links to the official video where there is one.

Hearings, newest first
DateChamberCommittee
HouseCommittee of Conference on HB 421, HB 701, HB 377, HB 712 on
HouseCommittee of Conference on HB 118, HB 142, HB 701, HB 712 on
SenateHealth and Human Services on
SenateHealth and Human Services on
SenateHealth and Human Services on
SenateEducation on
SenateEducation on
SenateEducation on
HouseHealth, Human Services and Elderly Affairs on
HouseHealth, Human Services and Elderly Affairs on

All 58 hearings

Legislators

The sponsors of the bills listed here, with the number of those bills each one sponsors.

Legislators, by the number of the listed bills they sponsor
NamePartyRoleDistrictBills sponsored
Kevin AvardRSenatorSD-01232
Jim KofaltRRepresentativeHD-32-HIL24
William GannonRSenatorSD-02322
Keith MurphyRSenatorSD-01621
Daniel InnisRSenatorSD-00719
Howard PearlRSenatorSD-01717
Timothy LangRSenatorSD-00216
Jeanine NotterRRepresentativeHD-12-HIL15
Ruth WardRSenatorSD-00814
Sheila SeidelRRepresentativeHD-29-HIL14

All 268 legislators

Party as recorded: D Democratic, R Republican, I Independent; other codes are shown as recorded.

Court cases

Cases placed in this jurisdiction by where the court sits, newest first. Each case links to its own page, which has the caption.

Court cases, newest first
CaseCourtLevelYear
Case c68026913D.N.H.District2026
Case c69050456D.N.H.District2026
Case 1:26-cv-00803D.N.H.District2026
Case c70178279D.N.H.District2025
Case ne63e107264New Hampshire Supreme CourtState2023
Case nb83b5200f5D.N.H.District2021
Case c6253356D.N.H.District2019
Case c4520428D.N.H.District2016
Case n6e9ceab3bdD.N.H.District2016
Case c5569715D.N.H.District2010

All 11 court cases

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Bill data comes from LegiScan, licensed CC BY 4.0 and used here in modified form. Outcome coding, category tags and the summaries are the Trans Data Initiative team's, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 with credit.